kiss from a corpse ♡︎ereri/riren♡︎

₊˚๑ ༄ running into a mad scientist

[idk i just love hanji ok? y'all get me?]

✧ STILL LEVI'S POV ✧

"what do you want shitty glasses?" i said while looking down at them, who's leaning, holding their sides, due to exhaustion from running. "LEVI! I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I DIS-" they shouted but stopped right away and let out a gasp. "are you- ARE YOU A HUMAN??" they grabbed eren's arms and shook him violently. "y-yes, hello" eren managed to greet them and they let go. 

"oooh this is exciting! i haven't seen a human in years!" hanji blurted out as they were investigating eren's appearance. "weren't you just experimenting with human arms yesterday?" i asked, crossing my arms. "then human eyes, human legs, lastly human organs?" i continued. "please levi, those were reserved from waaaayyy back, i just decided to get them out a few days ago" hanji replied, motioning their arms which i'm guessing is supposed to reassure me or whatever. i just let out a 'tch' sound then felt eren hiding behind me, probably scared of what i just said about hanji. 

✧ EREN'S POV ✧

as i stood behind levi, my arms on his shoulder, i viewed the other.. corpse who's standing in front of us. 'they' had brown hair, tied up in a very, and i mean, VERY messy ponytail. they were wearing glasses and a.. white... coat. i couldn't really make out what kind of white coat they had on. its either a lab coat or a doctor's coat. the left side of, well, their everything, was burnt. black ashes were clearly visible on their clothes and skin. they also wore an eye patch on their left eye, i think i can safely assume the reason behind that is the same as to why they're burnt like that. 

"are you wondering about how they died?" levi asked, looking up at me. "well.. yeah kinda-" i said as quiet as possible, i didn't want to make levi's 'friend'? angry or upset. but nonetheless they heard my response. 

"i died from a failed experiment! it was a pretty huge one and i didn't expect it to burst into flames and exploded afterwards!" they said happily?? 

"you're fine with telling me that?" i asked, very taken aback. "of course!! actually i'm proud that i died because of an experiment!" they replied cheerfully. "that's just how they are, don't worry too much about it" levi said, he could sense my confusion. 

"anyway, now that you're here, hanji do you know where blondie is?" levi asked, turning to 'hanji'. "so your name is hanji?" i stepped away from being behind levi, to standing next to him. "yes! my name is hanji zoe, yours?" they answered, clapping their hands together, titled them to the side, and placed them near their face. "eren jaeger" a smile couldn't help but make its way onto my lips. 

"oh right levi your question, i think i saw him reading on the bench over there" hanji responded, pointing their finger down the path. "alright, thanks" levi stated and grabbed my wrist. we started walking, i was about to interrogate him with my millions of question but he cut all my thoughts with "no questions, brat. just follow my lead" and with that i stayed silent, letting him direct me to wherever he plans on. 

our steps came to a halt, he turned, and wrapped a blindfold around my head. "wha-" i was surprised with the sudden darkness. "shhh" levi shushed me and pushed me forward. 

we stopped again, there was a moment of silence, then i could feel a hand holding both of mine. i noticed the bone-y fingers, "levi?" his name was the first thing that came to my mind so thats what i said out loud. i heard a chuckle, "no.." the person presumably in front of me replied. my curiosity won and i pulled the blindfold down. face to face was someone i thought i would never see again. 

"armin....?" 

[WOOSH ANOTHER CHAPTER- also i'm terribly sorry if this chapter was confusing bcs of hanji's pronouns- i personally think hanji uses they/them and i didn't want ppl attacking me if i wrote in she/her so welp-]